Spanish American War Soldiers
Ft Thomas Kentucky
Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 July 1898, page 4
Cincinnati O. July 18-The second hospital train with eighty-four
sick and wounded soldiers from Santiago, has arrived at Ft Thomas Ky. and all
are reported doing well tonight. Promptly on arrival the transfer was made from
the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks to the hospital and all were cared for last night
in the hospitals.
Today it is reported that there are no serious cases on the list. All will recover. There are now 225 from the front in the Fort Thomas hospital. The following is a list of those just arrived:
Tenth Cavalry (Colored) Richard Hopkins Troop G
Twenty-fourth Infantry (Colored) Jesse W Wilson, Company C; John Ferguson, Company I; George Hilton, Company G, John G Johnson, Company H.
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African Americans who served in the Spanish American War